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Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) and Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) have been the species we encountered on all three trips today. From socializing and interacting with the boat, over resting on the surface up to jumping…

The gusts of wind and the isolated showers of rain trailing along the coastline made it particularly hard for our team to locate animals out at sea this morning. The difficult conditions and the absence of cetaceans ultimately lead to…

There are days when we literally have animals infront of the marina and then there are days where we have to head out and cover a large search area to find cetaceans. How is this done? Well this is all…

Extraordinary, special, great, fantastic, amazing, unique, breathtaking … so were our encounters with sperm whales today.. The most beautiful situations with tails, alone or in pairs, tail slaps and breaches were in today’s repertoire. The two breaches that we were…

Today has been a great day of Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) sightings. We encountered those giants of the depth during all three trips. Very interesting have been the observations of the youngest individuals. Those Sperm whale kids are not able…

We set out west of Calheta this morning, with a group of very excited guests aboard our Stenella while admiring a double-rainbow curving elegantly over the Atlantic. The isloated showers on the ocean didn’t make things easy for our spotter…

Today we had a beautiful sighting with two Blainville Beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris). This mother and her calf were quite sociable, to our delight. The whale girl became curious, approached our boat, turned sideways in the bow, looked up, then turned on…

What a journey! I had a small group of guests on board our traditional boat this morning, that were obviously set on observing cetaceans in the wild. We set our course East before heading back up West against the impending…

During our cruises today, we were able to observe Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus). Those two species are both large delphinids. Basic facts and descriptions of those animals but also of all other cetaceans and…

In recent days, we have written in our blogs often about sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and for a good reason, because these large toothed whales are just here, around Madeira. Of course, this is a real experience for our guests…

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Let us take you into the " blue office ". Our office space is the Atlantic Ocean, our desk "Ribeira Brava" or “Stenella”, and instead of a computer we run a live screen. Here we will be telling you the everyday story of Lobosonda while taking you into the most beautiful workplace on planet earth.